Posts Tagged ‘ The Cambodian ’

Vietnam did not invade, but revived Cambodia: Hun Sen 

January 9, 2012
Vietnam did not invade, but revived Cambodia: Hun Sen 

  Genocidal Khmer Rouge regime was backed by the US in ‘shameful foreign policy episode’ The skulls of Khmer Rouge victims are displayed in a memorial to the genocide at the Killing Fields Museum outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Vietnam had saved his country in the 1970s, not invaded [...]

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Dengue Fever to return to Hanoi 

November 14, 2011
Dengue Fever to return to Hanoi 

The Cambodian-American psych-rock powerhouse Dengue Fever. The Cambodian-American psych-rock powerhouse Dengue Fever will return to Southeast Asia for their 2011 Electric Mekong tour - with shows in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia – to promote their new album. The show in Hanoi on November 26 is the band’s second visit to the capital, following its performance at [...]

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Vietnam PM chairs investment conference in Cambodia 

April 26, 2011
Vietnam PM chairs investment conference in Cambodia 

PM Nguyen Tan Dung chairs the second Vietnam-Cambodia Investment Promotion Conference in Phnom Penh on April 24. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Hun Sen co-chaired the second Vietnam-Cambodia Investment Promotion Conference in Phnom Penh on Sunday. “The second Vietnam-Cambodia Investment Promotion Conference is significant and necessary for the current period [...]

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Tour companies slowly wake up to Cambodian potential 

March 31, 2011
Tour companies slowly wake up to Cambodian potential 

Visitors at an international tourism exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City last year Cambodians who can afford to travel are finding more and more reasons to visit Vietnam, especially for medical purposes. However, despite the figures showing significant jumps in the number of visitors from the neighboring nation, most local travel agencies are showing a [...]

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Southeast Asia’s colonial heritage victim of modernization 

December 11, 2010
Southeast Asia’s colonial heritage victim of modernization 

  When Cambodia tore down a century-old school in the capital this year, conservationists bemoaned the loss of yet another piece of history in former French Indochina in the rush to modernize. French colonial architecture – with its shuttered windows, grand balconies and pitched tiled roofs – for decades defined the look of cities in [...]

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Delta delights in Chau Doc

January 25, 2010
Delta delights in Chau Doc

A boat full of pineapples is unloaded onto a house in a floating village near Chau Doc, An Giang Province. An Giang Province’s bustling border town showcases the diversity of the Mekong Delta: Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham cultures all in one. From the top of Sam Mountain, you can see the whole of Chau [...]

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Delta delights in Chau Doc

January 25, 2010
Delta delights in Chau Doc

LookAtVietnam – An Giang Province’s bustling border town showcases the diversity of the Mekong Delta: Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham cultures all in one. From the top of Sam Mountain, you can see the whole of Chau Doc Town and Tinh Bien District, and even all the way to the That Son (Seven Mountains) range in [...]

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Businesses to invest billions of dollars in Cambodia

December 26, 2009
Businesses to invest billions of dollars in Cambodia

Vietnamese and Cambodian businesses have signed investment agreements and contracts worth US$6 billion to invest in many fields. Representatives of Vietnamese and Cambodian businesses attending the conferenceThe deals were signed at a conference held in HCM City on December 26 to promote Vietnamese investment in Cambodia. The event was co-chaired by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen [...]

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Cambodian exhibit opens

December 25, 2009
Cambodian exhibit opens

LookAtVietnam – Art from traditional Cambodian daily life were featured in an exhibition yesterday, December 24. Roots: Paintings are on display that are inspired by traditional Khmer culture.Entitled Art from Traditional Khmer Daily Life, the exhibition introduces a kind of unique traditional painting.The paintings reflect the traditional lives of the Khmer people which are inspired [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 18/11

November 18, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 18/11

President Triet affirms close bonds with Singapore; Vietnam calls for peace, stability in Iraq; 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Mongolia diplomatic ties celebrated in Hanoi; RoK legislative chief cares for Vietnam’s youth President Triet affirms close bonds with SingaporeVietnam wants to promote the long-standing friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Singapore, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet at [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...